If you use visual-aid flat battle maps or 3D scenery for your RPGs, you need some means of showing where the player-characters and their opponents are on those layouts. Commonly such markers are in the form of cast 3D miniature figures or 2D standee printable paper minis, but counters in various forms have their devotees too, as robust, flat-pack options to bulkier figures. This print-and-play PDF set from Blue Boxer Rebellion provides 163 monster counters, plus six more for each of the main character types, from those in the "Dungeonteller Fantasy RPG" rules and "Monster Book" volumes.

All the counters are drawn in full colour, in Blue Boxer's characteristically lively cartoon style on horizontally-elongated diamond shapes, intended to work with the company's preferred isometric battle maps for tabletop use. Counter sizes fit roughly with the creature sizes from the RPG, using four size classes for these counters, ranging from 3.5 cm/1½ inches across their longest central axis (which form the great majority), up to 19 cm/7½ inches for the dragons. They're designed with four fold-down edges per counter, so in theory you shouldn't need glue to construct them, though in practice, it's recommended a small weight, such as a washer or coin, be glued to the underside of each counter (the larger counters might need more than one, though this isn't noted in the instructions).

The counters benefit from a photo-quality print on matt photo paper when using a home-inkjet printer, as a "normal" level printout looks very pale and washed-out. Most creatures have the same illustration as used in the Monster Book, occasionally with a slight variation, and sometimes in mirror image, where more than one counter is provided for a creature type (there are ten Goblin counters, for instance, and quite a few of the other lower-level monster types have five or six counters each). This picture is set on a graded, single-hue background. Multiple monsters also have a number printed on their counters (though oddly the number "1" is missing from the Barghest, Mummy and Skeleton counters on Sheet Three, and the Delf Sentinels on Sheet Four). None are named on their counters. In general, most of the illustrations are clear enough using this format, though the colour-contrast is poor on the Skeleton counters, and especially those for the Ghouls, which look rather like disembodied skulls.

Strangely, the six character counters have completely different illustrations to those in the rulebook. While this provides some interesting variety, it seems a mistake, since in the absence of any names on the counters, once cut from their printed sheets, the Warrior and Dwarf could well become indistinguishable, for example, and the others will be perhaps less clear than they need to be.

Although claiming to provide counters for every monster in the Monster Book, there are no counters for two of the three types of Dangerous Mushroom (the Puffbomb and Sporegalore Torpedo) from Monster Book page 41, nor for two supplementary monsters, the Merwell Fighting Fish (page 39) and the Packs of Huge Rats (page 45), although for the latter, a normal Rat Pack counter could be simply designated as of "Huge Rats", of course. In addition, the Iso Battle Grid on which to use the counters does not feature in this PDF, an unexpected omission, given it's clearly mentioned on the product's description page.

Whether the isometric counter shape works will be a matter of personal choice. Such 3D drawings as battle maps only really function clearly when viewed from a single direction, whereas most gaming groups will likely surround a table, so this is not an ideal option for any except probably solo games or very small groups. The smaller counters here will probably still work on most square or hexagonal gaming maps, but the larger ones, notably the huge dragon counters, probably won't with sufficient clarity as to their actual location. For construction, I'd mount these counters onto thick cardboard, and ignore the fold-down counter edges, since this would make them far more durable and easier to handle for typical game use. The loose fold-down flaps will be too flimsy to survive much handling.

Overall, I'd have preferred square counters without the fold-down tabs, but I've rated the product as it's described, marked down partly because of the missing isometric board.